Avatar Game Hype 
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Avatar startups have come and gone over the past few years, but the future that many of the entrepreneurs behind them originally imagined has proven more or less accurate. Facemoji is building a plug-and-play tech platform to help game and app developers put avatar systems into their apps with the startup’s SDK.
The Verge
OCTOBER 4, 2021
One part definition, one part aspiration, one part hype In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
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Fast Company Tech
MARCH 18, 2025
Its easy to say that the name of the advertising game has always been attention. But the level of skill, belief, strategic rigor, creative confidence, and sheer will required to win this game has never been higher or more complex. If the game really was the closest thing to the real deal, why not make it that much closer?
The Verge
JUNE 16, 2020
The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium — the first plausible avatar for the long-held dream of mixed reality. Flush with hype, the company hired science fiction luminaries, designed a product from scratch, and beat Apple and Facebook to market.
The Verge
JANUARY 13, 2022
A recruiter works on a computer, 19 June 2007 at the cyber cafe “Le Milk” in Paris, during the Neo Job-Meeting (NJM) event, the first virtual job fair on the 3-D “Second Life” on-line game. Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images.
The Verge
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Adidas is getting into the NFT game. The launch comes after a couple weeks of crypto and metaverse hype from Adidas. The beanie is supposed to be the one worn by GMoney’s CryptoPunks avatar. Plus, the NFT space already operates a bit like pricey, hyped streetwear brands like Supreme. Adidas’ NFT-exclusive hoodie.
The Verge
DECEMBER 15, 2021
A lot of the metaverse hype has been built around what you’ll do there, be it virtual reality meetings, digital concerts , and of course, blockchain and NFT-based integrations. It’s easy to ride the hype and start pitching fantastical ideas of selling NFTs that will follow you from place to place in different games and virtual settings.
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